Members of the NAACP Education Taskforce held their 5th hearing in Detroit on Wednesday, March 8. The hearing took place at Detroit Collegiate Preparatory High School. Detroit was the 5th of seven stops for the hearings regarding education quality. The Detroit hearing focused on the recent NAACP Board Resolution that called for a moratorium on charter school expansion. Invited panelists shared insights with the task force on the current state of traditional public schools and charters and answered questions from the task force. Attendees were also encouraged to sign-up and give public comment.

27th Annual Detroit Branch NAACP Fight For Freedom Fund Dinner Art & Essay ContestThe Art & Essay contest gives students in elementary, middle and high school the opportunity to explain, “What the Civil Rights Struggle Means to Me.” Students may submit either an art entry, essay entry or both. The contest is done in partnership with Coca-Cola and Detroit Public Schools Community District. Students are competing for an opportunity to win cash prizes, and for their winning entries to be displayed during the Detroit Branch NAACP’s 62nd Annual Fight For Freedom Fund Dinner. The deadline for entry submission is Friday, March 10, 2017.

Detroit Branch NAACP and Detroit NAACP Youth Council Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological, Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) Competitions
ACT-SO is a competition open to high school students in the areas of: STEM, Humanities, Performing Arts, Visual Arts and Business. The Detroit Branch NAACP and Detroit NAACP Youth Council will both host local ACT-SO Competitions. There are 32 categories students are able to choose from to compete for a chance to win a Bronze, Silver, or Gold Medals and cash prizes. The local Gold Medal winners qualify to compete in the NAACP’s National ACT-SO Competition which will be held in Baltimore, MD July 19-23, 2017.

Click the link ACT-SO to learn more about the competition enrichment sessions and download the application and category guidelines.